Measurement Tools in Patient Education

The volumes in this popular series provide nurse educators with material to help them plan, conduct, and evaluate their instructional goals and accomplishments. The series addresses a broad spectrum of teaching situations, classroom settings, and clinical instruction-supervision.

This book presents 52 instruments for measuring outcomes in patient education, drawn from a wide variety of sources. Each tool is accompanied by a descriptive view and critique, and information on administration, scoring, and psychometric properties. Particular attention is paid to the different situations in which the instrument has been used. The book assists nurses and other health care providers to measure the effectiveness of patient teaching.